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Abstract
A new species of the genus Vigna Savi of the Section Ceratotropis namely, Vigna konkanensis Latha, K.V. Bhat, I.S. Bisht, Scariah, Joseph John et Krishnaraj, is described and illustrated from the west coast of India. This species is closely allied to Vigna sublobata and Vigna hainiana but differs from both in having glabrous stem, stipule, leaflets and inflorescence, acute leaflets, immature pods without a pinkish spot at the apex, mature pods with sparsely short setose hairs and seeds rough with appressed concentric reticulations on testa.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the Director, NBPGR, Dr M. Dutta, Head, Germplasm Evaluation Division, NBPGR and Dr N.K. Dwivedi, Officer in charge, NBPGR Regional Station, Thrissur for their support and encouragement. The authors would like to thank Dr K.C. Velayudhan, ex-Principal Scientist, NBPGR Regional Station, Thrissur for his enthusiastic guidance. The taxonomic studies leading to the new description was carried out under the NAIP on Biosystematics of the genera Vigna, Cucumis and Abelmoschus (ICAR). We are also grateful to Dr P. Lakshminarasimhan and Dr V.P. Prasad, Central National Herbarium (CAL), Kolkatta for herbarium facilities.